GNU bug report logs - #34639
26.1; Custom themes break terminal when switching to org-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vika Shleina <kisik21 <at> fireburn.ru>

Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 17:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #98 received at 34639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, kisik21 <at> fireburn.ru, 34639 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34639: 26.1;
 Custom themes break terminal when switching to org-mode
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:01:34 -0500

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  > > Why is it better if people use the display margins via
  > > linum (not core) rather than by an option in native line numbers?
  > > I don't see that it makes much difference to the issues of
  > > future maintenance.

  > It makes a difference because we can tell them to drop linum if they
  > have problems with display margins.  And because we don't have to deal
  > with bug reports about such conflicts.

If we are comparing two options,
(1) Linum mode and
(2) a flag to make native line numbers use the display margins,
I don't see why either one provides advantages over the other
in those two areas.  To me it seems they would be equivalent.

Can you explain why?


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